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FISHERIES REGULATIONS 1992
31Abandoned or unattended gear
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31 Abandoned or unattended gear
(1) A person must not abandon a net, fish-trap, fixed fish-trap, line or
pot.
(2) A person is taken not to have abandoned fishing gear that is left
unattended if:
(a) in the case of gear which may be used for the purposes of
amateur fishing, it is left in a place where it is not capable or
will not become capable of taking fish or aquatic life; or
(b) in the case of gear which may be used only under a licence, it
is secured at an approved location or, if it is net, in accordance
with regulation 33.
(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply to the holder of a Mud Crab
Fishery licence who abandons a pot in water.